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The week in pictures

From Mandela's funeral to a snow storm in Jerusalem, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.

Wed Dec 18 2013 10:57:33 GMT+0000

Nearly 200,000 anti-government demonstrators gather during a rally in Kiev(***)s Independence Square after nearly four weeks of daily protests on December 15.

Rescue workers evacuated more than 5,000 Gaza residents from homes flooded by four days of heavy rain.

A Palestinian prays outside the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem after a major snowstorm that blanketed much of the Middle East.

The grave of former South African President Nelson Mandela is covered with flowers in his home village of Qunu.

People stand in a refugee camp near the airport in Bangui after fleeing violence in the Central African Republic, where over 1,000 extra French troops were deployed this month to try to stop violence that has displaced more than 680,000 people.